Saturday, July 09, 2005

In Parliament George Galloway exhibited what might be called psychotic empathy in telling MPs that the terrorists were, beyond any doubt, animated by the same motives that animated him — albeit using different methods. It was all down to Iraq. The logical problem with this over-identification should have been pretty obvious. If these bombs were about Iraq, what was the Bali bomb about? That was before Iraq, but after Afghanistan. But if Bali was about capturing Kabul, what was 9/11 for, coming as it did before either intervention? That was because of Israel/US bases/the desire for a Caliphate/hatred of Western decadence. So, if we hadn’t invaded Iraq, hadn’t invaded Afghanistan, hadn’t allowed Israel to be established, hadn’t had feminism and whorehouses, hadn’t been rich, hadn’t been democratic, then maybe, maybe, we wouldn’t have been bombed. It’s a story.